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Gerald Rudolph Ford (Born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) Wiki Biography

Gerald Rudolph Ford was born on the 14th July 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska USA, and was a politician from the Republican Party, the 38th President of the USA, having previously been the 40th Vice President of the USA from 1973 to 1974 under the Presidency of Richard Nixon, who he succeeded when the latter resigned. He passed away in 2006.

How rich was the former President of the USA? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of Gerald Ford net worth was as much as $7 million, converted to the present day. Politics was the main source of Ford’s net worth.

To begin with, Ford grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Leslie Lynch King Sr. and Dorothy Ayer Gardner, but took the name of his step-father. He was a good football player at the University of Michigan, when the team had two undefeated seasons, and Ford was chosen as the most valuable player In 1934. Then, he earned a degree in Law at Yale University. During World War II he served as the aircraft carrier and was involved in fighting at Saipan and the Philippines and other south-west Pacific battle. In 1944, he was almost killed when his ship was hit by a hurricane. In 1946, he left the service as a lieutenant-commander.

Ford briefly joined a law firm, but became interested in politics, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1949, subsequently serving Michigan’s 5th District from 1949 to 1973. As a congressman, he was the most active member of the Warren Commission which investigated the assassination of President Kennedy. From 1965 to 1973, he was the leader of the Republicans, becoming a declared opponent of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson. Ford was Republican leader in the House of Representatives when he succeeded the Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1973, who resigned due to corruption. Ford’s appointment was approved quickly – he took the oath at a simple ceremony in the House of Representatives. As Vice President Ford defended Nixon as long as possible during the Watergate scandal, but eventually he had to recognize that the position of the president had become untenable. Ford became the President in the summer of 1974 after the resignation of Nixon because of Watergate, shortly after which Ford granted Nixon a pardon, a decision taken very badly by a large portion of the American people.

During Ford’s tenure as President of the USA, he had to deal with economic problems. After he was almost defeated in the election of the Republican presidential candidate by later President Ronald Reagan, he was surpassed by his Democratic opponent Jimmy Carter.

Subsequently, from 1980 Ford served as a presidential advisor in the area of foreign policy. He was later one of the few Republicans against impeachment of the Democratic President Bill Clinton. Ford became good friends with Jimmy Carter. Afterwards, Ford was struggling with his health. In 2000, he was twice hit by a mild stroke. Later, he was hospitalized three times.

Finally, in the personal life of the former President, Gerald married Betty Ford in 1948, at the Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids. Four children came from the marriage: the pastoral counsellor Michael Gerald Ford, the journalist and PR consultant John Gardner, the actor Steven Meigs Ford and the photographer Susan Elizabeth Ford Vance Bales. On the 26th December 2006, Gerald Ford died in Rancho Mirage, California, and there were six days of national mourning in the USA.

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1. Known for occasional stumbles and falls in public while in office

Gerald Rudolph Ford (Born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) Quotes

• [assuming the office of President, 1974] The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and every president under the Constitution. But I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances never before experienced by Americans. This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.
• I can still remember the first time I ever heard Hubert Humphrey speak. He was in the second hour of a five-minute talk.
• The acceptance of a pardon, according to the legal authorities – and we have checked them out very carefully – does indicate that by the acceptance, the person who has accepted it does, in effect, admit guilt.
• [to the House Judiciary Committee on his pardoning of former President Richard Nixon] The purpose was to change our national focus. I wanted to do all I could to shift our attentions from the pursuit of a fallen president to the pursuit of the urgent needs of a rising nation..to punish a former President who already is condemned to suffer long and deeply in the shame and disgrace brought upon the office he held. Surely we are not a revengeful people.
• I don’t think, if I had been president, on the basis of the facts as I saw them publicly, I don’t think I would have ordered the Iraq war. I would have maximized our effort through sanctions, through restrictions, whatever, to find another answer. Rumsfeld and Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq. They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction. And now, I’ve never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify what they were going to do. (2005)
• I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.
• A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from everything you have.
• I know that you have not elected me as President with your votes, but I ask that you confirm me with your prayers.

Gerald Rudolph Ford (Born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) Important Facts

• Inducted into the Grand Rapids [Michigan] Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
• Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1977.
• Inducted into the University of Michigan Hall of Honor in 1978 (inaugural class).
• He and his wife were visited by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at their home in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the first time Ford had been seen in public since he was hospitalized with pneumonia in January. [April 2006]
• Hospitalized with a severe case of pneumonia. [January 2006]
• Was a male model for John Robert Powers’ agency. Ford’s modeling career was brief and strictly part time. Highlights included his appearance in a 21-picture Stowe, Vermont ski resort feature in Look Magazine in 1940. Later, in his Navy uniform, he appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan in 1942. Both times were with famed model Phyllis Brown.
• Co-owner of Conover Model Agency in 1939 with Harry Conover. He met Conover when they were both models at John Robert Powers’ agency. When Conover left Powers to start his own model agency, Ford was persuaded by Phyllis Brown to invest $1,000 in Conover’s new venture and become his silent business partner. The Conover Model Agency became one of the country’s most successful model agencies, grossing millions a year.
• Was the last surviving member of the Warren Commission.
• As of 2008, he is the only President who has held that office and Vice President not only without being elected for either office, but without campaigning for them either. He ascended to those offices through the resignations of Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon.
• In 1984, it was reported that he was the wealthiest living president, with a net worth between $6 million and $7 million.
• Pictured on a USA 41¢ memorial stamp issued on Saturday, August 31st, 2007.
• Made an appearance on the game show “What’s My Line?” in 1969 when he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Honorary chairman of the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame from its founding in 1994 until his death.
• He was a close friend and golfing partner of Bob Hope.
• He became the longest-living U.S. President, at 34,133 days, total. Ronald Reagan lived 34,088 days. Gerald Ford outlived Ronald Reagan, by only 45 days.
• Held the record for having the most assassination attempts made on him while serving as President. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme made an attempt on 5 September 1975 and Sara Jane Moore made another attempt on 22 September 1975. Ford escaped without injury both times.
• Father of Susan Ford and Steven Ford.
• Hospitalized with shortness of breath in July 2006.
• His wife, Betty Ford, founded The Betty Ford Clinic for alcohol & drug rehabilitation.
• His wife, Betty Ford, suffered from alcoholism.
• Was a member of the Warren Commission.
• In Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Neill’s memoir, “Man of the House”, Ford confided to O’Neill that he was considering running for President in 1980.
• He was a close friend of Jimmy Carter despite their quite different political ideologies and the fact Carter defeated him in the 1976 presidential election.
• Is the only person to date who has served as Vice President and President without having been elected to either office. He took each office after the respective resignations of Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon.
• After the death of Ronald Reagan, he became the oldest living former President. Ronald Reagan’s lifetime, in days alone, was 34,088 days, while Gerald Ford’s lifetime, in days, alone was 34,133 days. Gerald Ford lived only 45 days more than Ronald Reagan.
• Ford was the only United States President who had been adopted as a child.
• Although Ford was not an All-American football player at the University of Michigan, his jersey number (48) was retired in a stadium ceremony 8 October 1994.
• May 18, 2003, he was admitted to hospital after suffering dizzy spells during a golf game he played in ninety-six degree Fahrenheit heat in Rancho Mirage, California.
• August 2, 2000, he was admitted to hospital after suffering two mild strokes at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• As of 14 July 2003 he was one of only four U.S. Presidents to live into his nineties. The other three were John Adams (1735-1826), Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), and Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
• Portrayed on Saturday Night Live (1975) by Chevy Chase.
• Ford was left-handed only when sitting down. Although he signed all official documents with his left hand, he was photographed writing on a chalkboard and throwing a softball with his right hand, both while standing.
• He was an avid golfer.
• Graduated from the University of Michigan and Yale University Law School.
• Ford was born Leslie Lynch King Jr., but his parents separated two weeks after his birth. His mother remarried when Ford was two, and his name was changed to that of his stepfather, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Ford did not know until he was seventeen years old that his stepfather was not his biological father.
• Served in the U.S. Navy during World War Two.
• Earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1927.
• His children and their birth-dates: Michael Gerald, born on Tuesday, March 14th, 1950. John Gardner was born on Sunday, March 16th, 1952. Steven Meigs was born on Saturday, May 19th, 1956 and Susan Elizabeth, was born on Saturday, July 6th, 1957.
• Played football while in college, and, after graduation, was offered positions with both the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers. He declined each in favor of coaching boxing and football at Yale University.
• On two separate trips to California in September of 1975, Ford was the target of assassination attempts. Both of the assailants were women of ‘Charles Manson (I)”s group of criminals, they were Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore.
• Ford pardoned U.S. President Nixon for Nixon’s involvement in Watergate, which was largely unpopular with the U.S. public. Many believe the pardon cost Ford the 1976 U.S. Presidential election, but Ford maintained that it was the right thing to do for the good of the country. In 2001, Senator Ted Kennedy, a staunch critic of the pardon in 1974, admitted that it had been the right decision for the country.
• In 1963, U.S. President Johnson appointed Ford to the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of U.S. President Kennedy. Ford was the longest lived member of that Commission.
• Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949-1973.
• Ford was sworn in as Vice President on 6 December 1973, after the resignation of then-Vice President Spiro Agnew.
• Chosen as U.S. President Richard Nixon’s vice president after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. Later, Ford succeeded Nixon as U.S. President when Nixon resigned from office. Ford is the first person to hold the office of U.S. President without the vote of the people.

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